Apoptosis and blood-testis barrier during the first spermatogenic wave in the pubertal rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-214

  Morales, Alfonsina ^a   Mohamed, Fabian ^b   Cavicchia, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Germ cells; Pubertal rat; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

HYDROXIDE; LANTHANUM; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL JUNCTION; GERM CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; MALE; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PACHYTENE STAGE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947096889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20417     Document Type: Article

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